The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-10-14
CENTRAL.

KING MALETOA, Of the Samoan islands,
has been taken from his realm by German
gun boats for failing to perform his duties.
A VIENNA paper declares that Germany
has abandoned all idea Of an alliance with
Russia.
THE garrison at Odessa, Russia, has been
reduced to it's normal strength again.
Work on full time has been resumed in
the Baltimore e. Ohio railway machine
shops
d. H. BATES, Robert Garrett, F. B. Ba-
con. E. A. Leslie and E. c. Muncie have
been elected directors Of the Baltimore q
Ohio Telegraph Company. The sale OF the
plant was not discussed.
GLADSTONE, IN speech at Hawarden re-
Gently. predicted an early change IN the
constitution of Parliament and the success
of home rule.
OFFICIAL relations have been severed be-
tween France and the Malagasies.
AN alleged plot of Zankoffites against the
Bulgarian Government has been discovered
and troops have been sent to the suspected
sections.
The Canadian propeller California was
lost on Lake Michigan during the gales OF
the Sd. Fourteen persons were drowned.
Other wrecks were reported and it was
thought the storm had been fatal to many
lives.
The Prince of Wales, Lord Roseberry
and the Marquis of Harrington have been
appointed members of a commission to aid
the Exposition at Melbourne, Australia.
ADvICEs from Bajaur, Afghanistan, say
Omra Khan recently defeated Abu Bakur,
son of the Abhond of Swat; that the Ameer
had requested the chiefs OF nelghborlng
tribes to punish the victor, and that the
whole of Bajaur had risen against Omr;l
FARMERS of Tipperary, Ireland, have re-
ceived letters through the post threatening
them with death if they attended proposed
auction sale of the cattle Of deceased
farmer. The notices described the quo
tioneer as the accursed and eternally
damned Judge Keogh.
The Russian Government proposes TO
levy duty on marine and railroad passen-
ger tickets.
A MINOR state Of siege has been declared
in Berlin under the Socialist law.
HERR BARTH, an editor Of Berlin, has
been sent to prison for three months Tor
libeling Prince Bismarck.
THE fire losses in September aggregated
s.. 937, 800 against Sc, 5OO,OOO in September,
1856.
SEVERAL thousand female cigar makers
gathered at one of the factories at Madrid,
Spain, recently, and engaged in riot. The
civil guard surrounded the factory, but the
women took possession OF the building and
barricaded it.
SIG. CRIspI, the Italian Prime Minister,
denies that the Roman question was dis
cussed at his recent interview with Bis
marck.
EVICTION troubles and moonlighting con-
tinue to be reported from Ireland. CALI
nan, one of the murderers of Constable
Whelehan, has turned informer.
THE Independence Beige believes that the
Bismarck Crispi interview will modify
Italy's policy in Africa, and induce King
Humbert to abandon the expedition against
the King of Abyssinia.
THE Mexican Congress is expected soon
| to pass the bill allowing the reelection OK
the President of the republic.
THE Baltimore Il Ohio telegraph, about
which SO many rumors have been started,
has been sold to Jay Gould for S5,OOO,OOo of
Western Union bonds.
THE Spanish Minister Of Foreign Affairs
declares that Spain desires only to maintain
| the statu ono in Morocco.
NJ. MAuDET, French Consul, has been
| dismissed on account of attentions paid
by him to an Orleans Princess, Whlle the
| latter was making a tour of Greece.
1T is stated in Paris that if the occasion
| should arise, Grand Duke Nicholas and
many noted Russian officers would join the
French army.
THE Canadian Government has forbidden
the importation of rags from the Mediter-
ranean ports for fear of cholera contagion.
| BUSINESS failures Dun's report) for the
seven days ended October 6. numbered for
the United States, 1S5; for Canada, 81
| BosHwAY, leader of the Dacoits in Bur-
nah, is reported slain and his followers
dispersed.
| MULEY HAssEN, Sultan of Morocco, is
dead and is succeeded by his sixteen-year-
old son. The uncle of the boy has been ap-
| pointed Grand Vizier.
A PANIC has seized Santiago de Cuba on
account of constant earthquake shocks.